Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society

Editor: Robert D. Sampson

DETAILS

Current Volume: 116 (2023)

Issued quarterly (Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter)

ISSN: 1522-1067

eISSN: 2328-3335

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About

The Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (JISHS), established in 1908, is the scholarly publication of the Illinois State Historical Society, a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, promoting, and publishing the latest research about the Prairie State. The peer-reviewed Journal welcomes articles, essays, and documents about history, literature, art technology, law, and other subjects related to Illinois and the Midwest.

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Indexes

America: History and Life, Current Abstracts, Dietrich's Index Philosophicus, Gale Academic OneFile, Gale OneFile: US History, Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur, Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes - und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur, MasterFILE Complete, MLA International Bibliography, Periodicals Index Online, ProQuest 5000, ProQuest Central, PubMed, Research Library, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale), TOC Premier

MEMBERSHIP RATES

Publications included in ISHS membership are the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society and the Society's popular magazine, Illinois Heritage. The ISHS membership period is from January 1 through December 31.

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Editors

Editor

Robert D. Sampson

Retired, Millikin University, Decatur

rsampson@illinois.edu

Contributing Editor

William Furry

Illinois State Historical Society, Springfield

PO Box 1800

Springfield, IL 62705-1800

Book Review Editor

Timothy D. Draper

Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove

Editorial Advisory Board

Xóchitl Bada, University of Illinois at Chicago
Terry Barnhart, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston
Robert I. Girardi, Civil War Round Table, Company of Military Historians, Chicago
Greg Hall, Western Illinois University, Macomb
Kristin Hoganson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Matthew Holden, Jr., University of Illinois at Springfield
Robert D. Johnston, University of Illinois at Chicago
Theodore J. Karamanski, Loyola University Chicago
Ann Durkin Keating, North Central College, Naperville
Arthur Martin, Jenner & Block, LLP, Chicago
Robert McColley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kathryn J. Oberdeck, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dominic Pacyga, Columbia College, Chicago
Robert Paulett, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
Shirley J. Portwood, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
Barbara Posadas, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
Touré F. Reed, Illinois State University, Normal
Debra Reid, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston
Stacey Robertson, Bradley University, Peoria
David W. Scott, Chair, Publications Committee, Illinois State Historical Society, Springfield
Amy Tyson, Depaul University, Chicago

Staff

Executive Director
William Furry

Office Manager
Mary Lou Johnsrud

Clerical Support
Amanda Titsworth

Development Officer
Tara Winter

PDF Policy

PDFs are permitted and issued for the following:

Tenure dossier.
Special workshops the author is moderating.
Other requests to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
All PDFs will include a statement of copyright and a provision that the articles will not be photocopied, distributed, or used for purposes other than the terms agreed to by UIP.

Preprints are permitted for:

University repositories; UIP requires a publication statement to be posted along with the preprint.
Some journals have their own established policies and procedures for preprints. Please be sure to first check their respective Web sites before sending your request.

Postprints are permitted for:

Non-profit archives and repositories; Articles must be at least one year old. UIP requires a publication statement to be posted along with the postprint and a link back to the journal of publication's home page on the UIP website.
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Please send all requests to:

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Submissions

We welcome essays, articles, and documents about Illinois, or its Midwest region. Studies about literature, art, technology, law, or other subjects are also welcome.

Authors should follow The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed. (University of Chicago Press) or imitate notes in this journal; use endnotes. Authors who desire illustrations should provide them; authors are solely responsible for obtaining any rights or permissions to reproduce. Articles average 12,000 words (including notes) but we have accepted articles from 4,000 to 15,000 words.

The journal prefers to work with electronic files of manuscripts. Please submit your manuscript via email to Dr. Robert D. Sampson, Editor, at journaleditor@historyillinos.org.

Send books for review to Dr. Timothy Draper; Book Review Editor, JISHS; Waubonsee Community College; Sugar Grove, Illinois, 60563; tdraper@waubonsee.edu.

Articles appearing in the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society are abstracted and indexed in both Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life. The Journal is a member of the Conference of Historical Journals.

Neither the editors nor the Illinois State Historical Society assume any responsibility for statements, whether of fact or opinion, made by contributors. This Journal uses single-blind peer-review.

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